obversely

ob·verse

1. Facing or turned toward the observer: the obverse side of a statue.

2. Serving as a counterpart or complement.

n.(ŏb′vûrs′, ŏb-vûrs′, əb-)

1. The side of a coin, medal, or badge that bears the principal stamp or design.

2. The more conspicuous of two possible alternatives, cases, or sides: the obverse of this issue.

3. Logic The counterpart of a proposition obtained by exchanging the affirmative for the negative quality of the whole proposition and then negating the predicate: The obverse of "Every act is predictable" is "No act is unpredictable."

Obversely, when schools seek to not balance their commercial interests with pedagogical altruism, and continue to operate on a peak-profit principle, it can diminish the very basis and purpose of education.

Obversely, when meetings primarily center on abstract theories--or even maxims such as "Don't smile before Christmas"--they emphasize formal concepts, principles that are divorced from the lived details of teaching.

Dogmatism, obversely, consists not just in expressing one's opinions with positive conviction but in the unwillingness or refusal to offer evidence for them or to consider objections with a view to revising them.

Obversely, she sees it as equally urgent that Western caricatures of Islam and of Muslim persons are eroded by means of honest and wholesome dialogue between the cultures, between persons, and between the value systems each holds.

At the same time, those who would reject the project would not be bound to commit their resources, but obversely, this means that their failure to commit could not abnegate the decisions of those who wished to participate.

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